Lady Gaga Speaks Out About the International Mental Health Crisis

This week has been set aside as National Mental Illness Awareness Week.

Issues such as homelessness, exposure to violence and perceived racism are some factors that can worsen the effects of mental health illness in African Americans. We want to take this time to remind you to please, take care of yourself and your mental health.

A poll conducted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists found that 24 per cent of people diagnosed with a mental health condition reported waiting more than three months to see an NHS mental health specialist, and six per cent waited more than a year.

"The new Mental Health Strategy and the other measures we are promoting today demonstrate that our work in the area is consistently evolving and improving as we move forward".

Anxiety and depression are the most common categories of mental illnesses. These tragic deaths raised awareness of those who silently suffer from mental health issues, including depression, and underscored the enormous problem at hand in providing mental healthcare for everyone who needs it. Suicide doesn't just affect the individuals taking their own lives but also that of their friends and families and those closest to them. After making headlines from her movie, "A Star is Born", Gaga together with World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote an inspiring Op-Ed to address urgency in suicides and mental health crisis.

One in five adults experiences mental illness in any given year, and 17% of high school students report seriously considering suicide.

Today is a day like every other day where there are people around us suffering in silence.

Statistics from the World Health Organization indicate that in Africa about five per cent of the population aged below 15 years suffers from mental disorder.

"Mental health is a very important issue and we should try to help young people to live happier lives without worry", said Seb, who raised more than £400 for Young Minds through a cake sale and by selling yellow headbands. In Africa, nearly three out of four countries spend less than 1% of their health budget on mental health, the World Health Organisation's 2015 Mental Health Atlas shows. But it also means using highly refined assessment skills to be able to pick up subtle changes in your patient's behavior, to know when to notify the physician that there is a significant change in condition without having a lot of equipment to help you "make your case" to the doctor. We need to not confuse the two.

"Mental health services are still being underfunded by the Conservative government".

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